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Social stratification

This is when society is split into groups. The group with the most status, power and wealth go at the top. Social class is a type of stratification.

Social inequalities

This means different groups within society have different life chances.

Social class

A group of people sharing a similar economic position in terms of occupation, status and wealth. In Britain, this is how we stratify society.

Life chances

This means opportunities and experiences that people have. People in different social classes have different life chances, e.g. richer people have a higher life expectancy, do better in education and are more likely to end up in higher classes.

Social mobility

The movement of people from one social class to another. An open/socially mobile society is one in which it can happen, a closed/ socially reproductive society is one in which it can't.

Caste

Upper class

Middle clas

Working class

Underclass